[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 76 (Monday, April 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19543-19544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9693]


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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The FDIC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork 
and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal 
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or 
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). Currently, the FDIC is 
soliciting comments concerning the following collections of information 
titled: (1) Notices Required of Government Securities Dealers or 
Brokers (Insured State Nonmember Banks), (2) Foreign Banks, (3) 
Notification of Changes in Insured Status, and (4) Applicant Background 
Questionnaire.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 20, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments to 
Tamara R. Manly, Management Analyst (Consumer and Compliance Unit), 
(202) 898-7453, Legal Division, Room MB-3109, Attention: Comments/
Legal, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20429. All comments should refer to the OMB control 
number. Comments may be hand-delivered to the guard station at the rear 
of the 17th Street Building (located on F Street), on business days 
between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. [Internet address: [email protected]].
    A copy of the comments may also be submitted to the OMB desk 
officer for the FDIC: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 10236, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tamara R. Manly, at the address 
identified above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposal to renew the following currently 
approved collections of information:
    1. Title: Notices Required of Government Securities Dealers or 
Brokers (Insured State Nonmember Banks).
    OMB Number: 3064-0093.
    Form Number: G-FIN, G-FINW, G-FIN-4, G-FIN-5.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: All financial institutions acting as government 
securities brokers and dealers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 180.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
    Total Annual Burden: 180 hours.
    General Description of Collection: The Government Securities Act of 
1986 requires all financial institutions acting as government 
securities brokers and dealers to notify their federal regulatory 
agencies of their broker-dealer activities, unless exempted from the 
notice requirement by Treasury Department regulation.
    2. Title: Foreign Banks.
    OMB Number: 3064-0114.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Insured branches of foreign banks in the United 
States.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 418.
    Estimated Time per Response: ranges from \1/4\ hour to 120 hours.

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    Total Annual Burden: 4,398 hours.
    General Description of Collection: The collection of information 
consists of (a) applications to operate as a noninsured state-licensed 
branch of a foreign bank; (b) applications from an insured state 
licensed branch of a foreign bank to conduct activities which are not 
permissible for a federally-licensed branch; (c) internal recordkeeping 
by insured branches of foreign banks; and (d) reporting requirements 
relating to an insured branch's pledge of assets to the FDIC.
    3. Title: Notification of Changes in Insured Status.
    OMB Number: 3064-0124.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Insured depository institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 943.
    Estimated Time per Response: \1/4\ hour.
    Total Annual Burden: 236 hours.
    General Description of Collection: 12 U.S.C. 1818(q) requires an 
insured depository institution to provide the FDIC with a certification 
when it partially or completely assumes deposit liabilities from 
another insured depository institution.
    4. Title: Applicant Background Questionnaire.
    OMB Number: 3064-0138.
    Form Number: 2100/14.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Potential FDIC employment applicants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 3 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden: 500 hours.
    General Description of Collection: The FDIC Applicant Background 
Questionnaire is completed voluntarily by FDIC job applicants who are 
not current FDIC employees. Responses to questions on the survey 
provide information on gender, age, disability, race/national origin, 
and the applicant's source of vacancy announcement information. Data is 
used by the Office of Diversity and Economic Opportunity and the 
Personnel Services Branch to evaluate the effectiveness of various 
recruitment methods used by the FDIC to ensure that the agency meets 
workforce diversity objectives.

Request for Comment

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the FDIC's functions, 
including whether the information has practical utility; (b) the 
accuracy of the estimates of the burden of the information collection, 
including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the information 
collection on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
    At the end of the comment period, the comments and recommendations 
received will be analyzed to determine the extent to which the 
collection should be modified prior to submission to OMB for review and 
approval. Comments submitted in response to this notice also will be 
summarized or included in the FDIC's requests to OMB for renewal of 
these collections. All comments will become a matter of public record.

    Dated at Washington, DC, this 16th day of April, 2003.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Valerie Best,
Assistant Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-9693 Filed 4-18-03; 8:45 am]
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